1. Zhang Gongyao (1956)

Chinese Philosopher

Zhang Gongyao is a professor in Department of Philosophy Central South University China. He promoted the abolishment of traditional Chinese medicine.

2. Li Ao (1935)

Chinese Philosopher

Li Ao is a writer social commentator historian and independent politician in the Republic of China. He is considered by many to be one of the most important modern...

3. Tan Sitong (1865)

Chinese Philosopher

Tan Sitong courtesy name Fusheng pseudonym Zhuangfei was a well-known Chinese politician thinker and reformist in the late Qing Dynasty ; he was however finally executed at the age of...

4. Li Ao (philosopher) (1970)

Chinese Philosopher

Li Ao courtesy name Xizhi was Chinese philosopher and prose writer of the Tang Dynasty. He was born in present-day Tianshui Gansu but some accounts relates he was from...

5. Zhu Xi (1130)

Chinese Philosopher

Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi was a Song Dynasty Confucian scholar who became the leading figure of the School of Principle and the most influential rationalist Neo-Confucian in China.

6. Wang Bi (1970)

Chinese Philosopher

g Bi courtesy name Fusi was a Chinese neo-Daoist philosopher.

7. Wang Maozu (1891)

Chinese Philosopher

g Maozu is a Chinese educationist and philosopher. In 1920s he earned his master degree at the Teachers College Columbia University and became a researcher at the Harvard Graduate School...

8. Wang Ruoshui (1926)

Chinese Philosopher

g Ruoshui was a Chinese journalist and philosopher major exponent of Marxist humanism and of Chinese liberalism. Wang studied philosophy in the late 1940s converting to Marxism and joining the...

9. Tang Junyi (1909)

Chinese Philosopher

Tang Junyi was a Chinese philosopher who was one of the leading exponents of New Confucianism.

10. Chen Hongmou (1696)

Chinese Philosopher

Chen Hongmou courtesy name Ruzi and Rongmen was a Chinese official scholar and philosopher who is widely regarded as a model official of the Qing Dynasty.

11. Ren Jiyu (1916)

Chinese Philosopher

Ren Jiyu in Pingyuan County Shandong Province was a philosopher scholar in religious studies historian member of the Chinese Communist Party and honorary director of the National Library of...

12. Li Shicen (1892)

Chinese Philosopher

Li Shicen born Li Bangfan was a Chinese philosopher and editor of advanced philosophical journals of the May Fourth Movement Min Duo and Zhongguo Jiaoyu Zazhi.

13. Cheng Hao (Unknow)

Chinese Philosopher

Chéng Hào styled Bóchún was a neo-Confucian philosopher from Luoyang China. In his youth he and his younger brother Cheng Yi were students of Zhou Dunyi one of the architects...

14. Feng Youlan (1895)

Chinese Philosopher

g Youlan or Fung Yu-Lan was a Chinese philosopher who was instrumental for reintroducing the study of Chinese philosophy in the modern era.

15. Zhou Guoping (1945)

Chinese Philosopher

Zhou Guoping is a Chinese essay writer and scholar of philosophy from Shanghai known for his studies and translated works of Nietzsche. Zhou is a research fellow at the...

16. Zhao Tingyang (1961)

Chinese Philosopher

Zhao Tingyang Chinese Philosopher.

17. Tu Weiming (Unknow)

Chinese Philosopher

Tu Weiming is an ethicist and a New Confucian. He is Professor of Philosophy and founding Dean of the Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies at Peking University. He is also...

18. Luo Rufang (Ming dynasty) (Unknow)

Chinese Philosopher

Luo Rufang also Weide or Jinxi was a Chinese philosopher of the Ming Dynasty. He was a Neo-Confucian that was considered heir of the Yang Ming school in Taizhou. He...

19. Xu Ai (1487)

Chinese Philosopher

Xu Ai was an important Chinese philosopher during the mid-late Ming Dynasty. He was also a magistrate and writer.

20. Yang Rongguo (Unknow)

Chinese Philosopher

Yang Rongguo was a Chinese academic and philosopher who was involved in the Criticize Lin Criticize Confucius campaign of the Cultural Revolution. Yang initially began his study of Confucius with...

21. Zheng Xuan (Han dynasty) (1970)

Chinese Philosopher

Zheng Xuan courtesy name Kangcheng was an influential Chinese commentator and Confucian scholar near the end of the Han Dynasty. He was born in modern Weifang Shandong and was a...

22. Zhi Dun (1970)

Chinese Philosopher

Zhi Dun was a Chinese Buddhist monk and philosopher. A Chinese author scholar and confidant of Chinese government officials in 350 CE he claimed that all who followed Buddhism would...

23. Pan Pingge (Unknow)

Chinese Philosopher

Pan Pingge was a notable Chinese philosopher during the late-Ming and early-Qing period.

24. Xiong Shili (1885)

Chinese Philosopher

Xiong Shili was a modern Chinese philosopher whose major work A New Treatise on Consciousness-only is a Confucian critique of the Buddhist consciousness-only theory popularized in China by the Tang...

25. Tang Zhen (Ming dynasty) (Unknow)

Chinese Philosopher

Tang Zhen born Tang Dadao courtesy name Zhuwan was a Chinese philosopher and educator born in Dazhou during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. His given name was Dahao...

26. Thomé H. Fang (1899)

Chinese Philosopher

Thomé H. Fang modern Chinese philosopherFrom 1925 to 1948 Thomé H. Fang taught at several universities in China mostly at the National Central University in Nanking and Chungking. Then he...

27. Yang Changji (1871)

Chinese Philosopher

Yang Changji was a Chinese educator scholar and writer.

28. Yu Zhengxie (1775)

Chinese Philosopher

Yu Zhengxie was a Chinese male feminist of the Qing Dynasty. He noted critic of foot binding female infanticide widow suicide widow chastity and the double standard. A skilled philologist...

29. Zhan Ruoshui (1466)

Chinese Philosopher

Zhan Ruoshui was a Chinese philosopher educator and a Confucian scholar.

30. Zhang Shenfu (1893)

Chinese Philosopher

Zhang Shenfu was a founder of the Chinese Communist Party a philosopher and a political activist.

31. Zhang Zai (Unknow)

Chinese Philosopher

Zhang Zai was a Chinese Neo-Confucian moral philosopher and cosmologist. He is most known for laying out four ontological goals for intellectuals: To build up the manifestations of Heaven...

32. Zhou Dunyi (Unknow)

Chinese Philosopher

Zhou Dunyi formerly romanized Chou Tun-i was a Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher and cosmologist born in present-day Yongzhou during the Song Dynasty. He conceptualized the Neo-Confucian cosmology of the day explaining...

33. Ge Hong (1970)

Chinese Philosopher

Ge Hong courtesy name Zhichuan was a minor southern official during the Jìn Dynasty of China best known for his interest in Daoism alchemy and techniques of longevity.